Sat 14th Oct: Super League Grand Final: Wigan Warriors v Catalans Dragons KO 18:00 (Sky)

[League Express]

Discuss the Super League Grand Final: Wigan Warriors v Catalans Dragons here.

[HullWire]

What a great match up. Hard to disagree these have been the best two teams this season.

Through the teams I think Cats have the edge in the middles.and hooker,  Wigan a better 2nd row. Wigan edge the centres, but Catalans wingers marginally better? Halves and full back is all guile and experiance for Catalan, against speed and flair from French and Field (Harry Smith is steady).

In my normal vein of Anyone but Wigan, going for a Cats win.

[Old Frightful]

Should hopefully be a fantastic contest.

With respect to the Pie Eaters on here, it would be wonderful to see a victory for Les Cats to enable a GF victory link to Hull via Steve Macnamara. (He said, rather desperately!)

Unfortunately I think Wigan's experience will see them through.

[R L Winger]

Wigan Warriors by 7 to 12 points

[Gomersall]

7 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

Should hopefully be a fantastic contest.

With respect to the Pie Eaters on here, it would be wonderful to see a victory for Les Cats to enable a GF victory link to Hull via Steve Macnamara. (He said, rather desperately!)

Unfortunately I think Wigan's experience will see them through.

You saved me the trouble OF.

[The Future is League]

A physical forward battle with the Warriors pulling away in the final 10 minutes

[Alan Robertson]

Wigan by 13+

[Black Country Wire]

Would love to see Catalans do it but head says Wigan.

[tiffers]

Tomkins to throw an outrageous dummy, go 30yards and offload to a support player to crash over on 72mins and hang on for a 16-12 win.

[Faithful1865]

31 minutes ago, tiffers said:

Tomkins to throw an outrageous dummy, go 30yards and offload to a support player to crash over on 72mins and hang on for a 16-12 win.

That would be the ultimate send off for a true legend of the game (love him or hate him).  I love the way he always gives the support (as does Josh Charnley) to Joining Jack campaign when he scores.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

This could even go to golden point. With both teams capable of playing open entertaining rugby, lets hope that the occasion doesn't stifle this.

[WN83]

There are some great stories around this final and some fantastic match ups. Catalans certainly have the edge in terms of experience in the spine positions but Wigan have the advantage in freshness/pace in those same spots. Grand Finals very rarely see a team open up and play free flowing rugby, so in a tight battle I'm possibly just edging for the Catalans experience to win it for them but French/Field only need a slip of concentration or two to punish teams. 

I'll go with the draw, nobody to score in Golden Point and us to share the trophy after playing until about 10pm (Not that I'm sitting on the fence)

[barnyia]

Still no confirmation of this game being anywhere on French TV, it's being advertised on équipe TV which is the équipe internet site, so to see the game you have to register and find the site, it's on Catalan TV in Spain but only in Spain. Madness, there's no news for the Toulouse game either. 

[Northern Eel]

7 hours ago, Black Country Wire said:

Would love to see Catalans do it but head says Wigan.

+1

[Snowys Backside]

I don’t know why, but I fancy a comfortable Crustmunchers victory. 
 

Could be a grubby game this one !

[Rovers13]

Can’t see past Wigan tbh. I expected a saints and Wigan final tbh with a Wigan win so can’t change my mind now lol. 

[ELBOWSEYE]

Catalan to win , dominant forward display. 

[Henson Park Old Firm]

So far 55,000 predicted to the game

[Harry Stottle]

6 hours ago, barnyia said:

Still no confirmation of this game being anywhere on French TV, it's being advertised on équipe TV which is the équipe internet site, so to see the game you have to register and find the site, it's on Catalan TV in Spain but only in Spain. Madness, there's no news for the Toulouse game either. 

Sorry to say it barnyia, but if that is the case and French TV in all it's forms cannot be bothered to transmit a showcase event such as this and also to a lesser extent the T.O. final, what chance of ever getting TV deal? They must  consider that the market for Rugby League is so small is not worth investing in.

[Harry Stottle]

I have never missed a GF and before that a Championship final as it was called when televised, but prior to the semis I expected a Wigan/Saints final and I must admit that it wasn't filling me with any great aspiration to watch it.

Thank goodness that Catalan won last week, or it could have been HKR it has rekindled my interest to watch it, and with the opportunity to put a new name on the trophy they will be my favoured team who I will be getting behind and cheering on to win it.

[Henson Park Old Firm]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

Sorry to say it barnyia, but if that is the case and French TV in all it's forms cannot be bothered to transmit a showcase event such as this and also to a lesser extent the T.O. final, what chance of ever getting TV deal? They must  consider that the market for Rugby League is so small is not worth investing in.

Thats the Super League fault

[Bamboozle]

2 hours ago, Henson Park Old Firm said:

So far 55,000 predicted to the game

Is that a real 55k or a RFL 55k?

[sam4731]

36 minutes ago, Bamboozle said:

Is that a real 55k or a RFL 55k?

A real 55k with 45k of those tickets actually paid for. I wonder how many tickets would be generously given away for good causes if it was Saints vs Wigan.

I'm definitely not saying I don't support certain groups of people being given free tickets because of what they do for society or because of the disadvantaged position they may be in, but don't big yourself up for it when it's only because you literally can't sell the tickets. 

I'll also add that I'm glad we've got to a point where we have a strong French team but their participation in the GF shouldn't be an excuse for not selling tickets. If the RFL knew how to market properly, we should be able to sell the big domestic games very well.

[Harry Stottle]

1 hour ago, Henson Park Old Firm said:

Thats the Super League fault

How so?

[17 stone giant]

Hope Catalans win and I'm backing them to do so by 1-6 points.